Assessment of a Method to Improve Cochlear Implant Users' Speech Perception in Noisy Environments While Maintaining Their Ability to Determine Where a Sound Originates From

NCT ID: NCT07323862

Last Updated: 2026-01-07

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

25 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2026-01-01

Study Completion Date

2026-08-31

Brief Summary

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The goal of this clinical trial is to determine if a new algorithm can improve speech perception for cochlear implant users. The main questions it aims to answer \[is/are\]:

* Does the algorithm improve speech perception in noisy environments?
* Does the algorithm allow listeners to determine where a sound is coming from?

Participants will

* Listen to and repeat sentences presented in the presence of noise
* Indicate the location that sounds originated from

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Cochlear Implant Users

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Speech perception and localization with different beamformers

Participants will listen to stimuli processed by different beamformer algorithms and repeat speech presented in noise and identify the location that sound originated from.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Modifying audio input for cochlear implant processor

Intervention Type DEVICE

Sound will be preprocessed with different beamformer algorithms and presented either through the auxiliary input port or via a streaming device to the participants' cochlear implant processor

Interventions

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Modifying audio input for cochlear implant processor

Sound will be preprocessed with different beamformer algorithms and presented either through the auxiliary input port or via a streaming device to the participants' cochlear implant processor

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Participants must have bilateral cochlear implants from Cochlear or Advanced Bionics

Exclusion Criteria

* Non-native English speakers
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Vortant Technologies, LLC

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Speech and Hearing Science Building

Champaign, Illinois, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Justin Aronoff, PhD

Role: CONTACT

217 244-2154

Facility Contacts

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Justin Aronoff, PhD

Role: primary

217 244-2154

Other Identifiers

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1R43DC023172-01

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

View Link

IRB25-0736

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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